Organization and Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

1.	Organization and Basis of Presentation

Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), a Nevada corporation, is a specialty pharmaceutical company which develops pharmacological treatments for substance use, addictive and eating disorders. The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada on June 21, 2005 as Madrona Ventures, Inc. and, on September 16, 2009, the Company changed its name to Lightlake Therapeutics Inc. On January 28, 2016, the Company again changed its name to Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The Company is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing opioid antagonist treatments for substance use, addictive and eating disorders. The Company also has developed a treatment to reverse opioid overdoses, which is now known as NARCAN® (naloxone hydrochloride) Nasal Spray. The Company’s fiscal year end is July 31.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the year ended July 31, 2016 and notes thereto and other pertinent information contained in the Form 10-K the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

The results of operations for the three months and six months ended January 31, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full fiscal year ending July 31, 2017.